President Traian Basescu said that the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) was “well anchored” in the battle against tax evasion, while adding that, although the atmosphere created gives the feeling that a high level of corruption was reached, Romania is far from it.

“As concerns the internal policies that SRI was involved in, I have to assess that a steady progress has been made compared to 2010, when I myself said that the Service’s activity was a very good one, and here I refer to the ways SRI worked together with other state institutions in combating corruption, either it was about some judges with the High Court of Cassation and Justice, judges with Courts of Appeals, corrupt prosecutors and so on, or it was about ministers, secretaries of state or local administration, mayors or County Councils presidents “, Basescu stressed at SRI stock taking meeting.

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